Dear all,
we’re really happy to announce the first ever Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award!
Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global solutions and bridge workflow gaps for the Wikimedia communities.
There are incredible many great tools out there. It’s time to celebrate this & to make the work volunteer developers do more visible to everyone :-)
The Coolest Tool Award ceremony will take place at Wikimania, as part of the official program:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Technology_outreach_%26_innovation...
The award is organized & selected by this year's Coolest Tool Academy. The plan is to award the greatest tools in a variety of categories: For example: “best Commons tool” to recognize the value of a tool for a specific project, or “best newcomer” to award the work of a fairly new developer.
As no one can possibly know all the cool tools out there, we’re looking for some help & inspiration: Please point us to the tools that you think are great - out of any reason you can think of!
Please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ip5Sb_CDvgO6IN2f51V3WjkVYU9Sa-nneX5PoY0sjoo...
to recommend tools by July 29, 2019.
You can nominate as many tools as you want by filling out the form multiple times.
This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_2019_Survey_Privacy...
Thank you very much for your ideas & recommendation(s)!
We will continue to spread the word over the next 1-2 days, but if you get the chance, please feel welcome to share this information with others too!
If you have any questions, please contact us at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award.
Thanks :-)
Birgit, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2019
To clarify, does this mean tool in the sense of "tool"server? (Aka coolest thing hosted using cloud services) or is it more general including gadgets, standalone apps or any other piece of technology in the wikimedia ecosystem that's "cool"?
-- Bawolff
On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Birgit Mueller bmueller@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear all,
we’re really happy to announce the first ever Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award!
Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global solutions and bridge workflow gaps for the Wikimedia communities.
There are incredible many great tools out there. It’s time to celebrate this & to make the work volunteer developers do more visible to everyone :-)
The Coolest Tool Award ceremony will take place at Wikimania, as part of the official program:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Technology_ outreach_%26_innovation/Coolest_Tool_Award_2019
The award is organized & selected by this year's Coolest Tool Academy. The plan is to award the greatest tools in a variety of categories: For example: “best Commons tool” to recognize the value of a tool for a specific project, or “best newcomer” to award the work of a fairly new developer.
As no one can possibly know all the cool tools out there, we’re looking for some help & inspiration: Please point us to the tools that you think are great - out of any reason you can think of!
Please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ip5Sb_CDvgO6IN2f51V3WjkVYU9Sa- nneX5PoY0sjoo/viewform
to recommend tools by July 29, 2019.
You can nominate as many tools as you want by filling out the form multiple times.
This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award_ 2019_Survey_Privacy_Statement
Thank you very much for your ideas & recommendation(s)!
We will continue to spread the word over the next 1-2 days, but if you get the chance, please feel welcome to share this information with others too!
If you have any questions, please contact us at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award.
Thanks :-)
Birgit, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2019
-- Birgit Müller (she/her) Director of Technical Engagement
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 4:32 PM Brian Wolff bawolff@gmail.com wrote:
To clarify, does this mean tool in the sense of "tool"server? (Aka coolest thing hosted using cloud services) or is it more general including gadgets, standalone apps or any other piece of technology in the wikimedia ecosystem that's "cool"?
Any Wikimedia related software is eligible. Gadgets, Lua modules, user scripts, bots no matter where they normally run, web tools no matter where they are hosted, desktop tools, mobile apps, ...
We have a huge ecosystem of things that people build and use to make working on the Wikimedia projects easier and the Coolest Tool Academy wants to hear about all of them. You could honestly even nominate your favorite GNU Linux distribution if you can explain how it makes life as a Wikimedian better.
Bryan
Hello everyone,
Sending a reminder that only a few days are left to recommend tools for the Coolest Tool Award 2019: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award. Nominate your favorite tools by July 29 :-)
Cheers, Srishti
*Srishti Sethi* Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 3:43 PM Bryan Davis bd808@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 4:32 PM Brian Wolff bawolff@gmail.com wrote:
To clarify, does this mean tool in the sense of "tool"server? (Aka
coolest
thing hosted using cloud services) or is it more general including
gadgets,
standalone apps or any other piece of technology in the wikimedia
ecosystem
that's "cool"?
Any Wikimedia related software is eligible. Gadgets, Lua modules, user scripts, bots no matter where they normally run, web tools no matter where they are hosted, desktop tools, mobile apps, ...
We have a huge ecosystem of things that people build and use to make working on the Wikimedia projects easier and the Coolest Tool Academy wants to hear about all of them. You could honestly even nominate your favorite GNU Linux distribution if you can explain how it makes life as a Wikimedian better.
Bryan
Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation bd808@wikimedia.org [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Manager, Technical Engagement Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855
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